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A little-known legal loophole has scrambled state efforts to save transit agencies from financial disasterOct 29, 2025 5:17 pm - Looking for funding options to save the Chicago region’s transit systems from potentially crippling cuts, state lawmakers earlier this year considered what appeared to be a straightforward plan: tap an existing transportation tax and use the money for transportation. The proposal met with backlash from the suburbs because most of that money is not being used for transit at all.
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US determined to prevent the collapse of the Gaza ceasefire after overnight airstrikes
Oct 29, 2025 4:37 pm - JERUSALEM — Israel’s intense bombardment of the Gaza Strip this week marked the most serious challenge yet for a fragile, U.S.-brokered ceasefire. Over 100 Palestinians ...
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Trump and China's Xi meet in South Korea to try to roll back months of trade tensions
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Putin claims Russian troops have surrounded 2 Ukrainian cities but Ukraine says that's not true
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Food aid at risk of expiring as effort to fund SNAP benefits fails in Senate
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White House says deal to put TikTok under US ownership could be finalized in South Korea
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Lawmakers advance bill allowing public officials to conceal personal information
Oct 29, 2025 3:29 pm - The Illinois House on Tuesday approved legislation aimed at protecting public officials from threats and harassment by allowing them to shield certain information — such as home addresses — from public disclosure while sanctioning the use of campaign funds for personal security services.
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Federal Reserve cuts key rate as government shutdown clouds economic outlook
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Jurors convict Illinois deputy of killing Sonya Massey but can’t agree on first-degree murder charg
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Commanding performance: Janus Theatre’s streamlined ‘Merchant’ packs a punch and so does its leading ladyOct 29, 2025 3:12 pm - Janus Theatre delivers a streamlined “Merchant of Venice” defined by a ferocious performance from Susan P. Anderson as the much-abused, vindictive Shylock.